Follow the Pac-12 to Tokyo

Pac-12-affiliated athletes took home 108 individual medals at the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, the most among all conferences. Ninety-one past, present and future students and current coaches combined to earn those 108 medals, which included 35 golds. Pac-12 medals came in 18 different sports and the Conference’s podium finishers represented 12 different National Olympic Committees. 

In sortable columns below the medal count and medal standings are the Pac-12 athletes and coaches who built on the Conference's unparalleled Olympic history in Japan. For individuals denoted with an asterisk, notes are included at the bottom of the page.

Last updated April 27 at 9:32 a.m. PT.

In effort to provide added flexibility to nations competing in the Tokyo 2020 field hockey, team handball, rugby, soccer and water polo competitions, the IOC and respective international federations announced new policies for athletes registered as alternates in their sport. For the Tokyo Games, accredited alternate athletes in those sports were immediately eligible to be called into gameday rosters and, in that case, became Olympians. Jane Campbell, Catarina Macario and Jamie Neushul fell into this category. Originally denoted as alternate athletes prior to the Games, Campbell, Macario and Neushul were each called into the gameday rosters for their teams on Saturday, July 24 and officially added three Olympians to the Pac-12 total in Tokyo.

Rai Benjamin began his career at UCLA and represented the Bruins for two seasons in 2016 and 2017 before transferring to USC, where he competed in 2018 before turning pro. He won Pac-12 400-meter hurdle titles in both 2017 and 2018 and was the NCAA champion in the event in 2018. For the purpose of this listing, he is included in the total for USC, from which he received his degree in political science in 2019.

The Canadian men's 4x100m relay team featuring Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse, initially bronze medalists, was upgraded to silver in April 2022 as Great Britain, which placed second, was told to return its medals following sprinter CJ Ujah's doping violation.

Dwight Dumais currently leads the diving program at Arizona. He was a five-time All-American at Stanford, where he won 1M Pac-10 Championships in 2007 and 2009 and was named 2006 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year. For the purpose of this listing, and because of his work with 2020 Olympian and Wildcat Delaney Schnell, he is included in the total for Arizona.

Oregon State assistant wrestling coach Nate Engel will serve as a personal coach for Olympian Adeline Gray as part of the USA Wrestling delegation. Gray, who wrestles freestyle at 76kg, is ranked No. 1 in the world and a five-time world champion.

Hali Flickinger and Allison Schmitt, who competed collegiately at Georgia, are currently volunteer assistant swimming coaches at Arizona State.

Washington's Kirstyn Goodger and Phoebe Spoors were initially named to New Zealand's Olympic roster on June 11. Prior to competing in Tokyo, they were replaced in the eight by New Zealand pair rowers Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast.

Sondre Guttormsen competed in eight meets as a freshman at UCLA in 2019, won the Pac-12 pole vault title and was both an indoor and outdoor second-team All-American. He did not compete for the Bruins in 2020 and has since transferred to Princeton. He did not compete for the Tigers in 2021 due to COVID-19. 

Ian Kinsler was on the Arizona State roster for one season and appeared in 29 games in 2002 before transferring to Missouri.

Amelie Morgan earned a bronze medal in the women's team competition with Great Britain on July 27. On August 6, she signed her National Letter of Intent to join the gymnastics program at Utah.

Alex Obert played collegiately at Pacific from 2011-15 and was a three-time All-American. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Arizona's Eller College of Management. 

Amy Okonkwo competed in 27 games as a true freshman at USC in 2014-15 before transferring to TCU.

Arizona State volunteer assistant wrestling coach Mark Perry will serve as a personal coach for 2016 Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis (53kg) and Kayla Miracle (62kg) as part of the USA Wrestling delegation.

Jacob Riley was an eight-time All-American in cross country and track at Stanford, where he earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering in 2012. He earned his master's in mechanical engineering from Colorado in 2021.

Veronica Toro Arana competed collegiately for MIT where she obtained her bachelor's in biological engineering in 2016. She is currently studying at Stanford's School of Medicine to become a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon.

Ben Wanger completed his undergraduate career at Yale in 2019 and appeared in 13 games as a graduate transfer at USC in 2020. After earning his master’s degree in entrepreneurship and innovation from USC, he elected to utilize the extra year for student-athletes provided by the NCAA in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and transferred to Miami for his final season of eligibility in 2021.

Gianna Woodruff received her bachelor's degree in sociology from Washington and was a two-time, second-team All-American in the 400m hurdles as a junior and senior in 2014 and 2015. She is currently pursuing her master's in social work at USC.